Wills for Heroes Clinic, Sept. 26, 2015
The Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division and the Wills for Heroes Foundation, with sponsorship by Ballard Spahr LLP, are hosting upcoming events across Pennsylvania. At these events, free wills and powers of attorney are prepared for police officers, firefighters and other first responders who risk their lives every day to make sure our communities are safe. Programs are staffed by lawyer volunteers and are conveniently offered to first responders at meeting halls and police and fire stations. On Sept. 26, volunteer lawyers will be conducting a Wills for Heroes program for all Pennsylvania first responders (active and retired), all sworn personnel and their spouses, partners or significant others. The event will be held at the Erie County Public Safety Building, 2880 Flower Rd., Erie, beginning at noon. If you have any questions about this event, please contact Melissa Shirey at mhshirey@eriefamilylaw.com. For more information on the Wills for Heroes program, see https://www.pabar.org/public/yld/Projects/willsforheroesyld.asp.

Baxter Takes Sideburns Contest and $300 for Northwestern Legal Services, August 2013
One of the contests held during Erie's ongoing commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's naval victory in the War of 1812 Battle of Lake Erie was the Perry Burns Competition to grow sideburns most like Perry's. Besting 17 other competitors, David Baxter of Northwestern Legal Services (NWS) won the contest, collecting a Perry T-shirt, gift certificate, beer stein and $300 for the nonprofit of his choice. His choice? As you might expect, it was NWS!! Baxter is shown below displaying his winning sideburns and the commemorative check to NWS.